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Rumor: Microsoft Interested in Buying TikTok
According to unofficial information, following recent comments by US President Donald Trump about the possible ban on TikTok in the United States, Microsoft is in talks with the Chinese company ByteDance to take over the American branch of the company.
hardware & software
August 1, 2020
Mortal Kombat and FIFA From Same Publisher? EA Wants to Buy WB Games
EA is interested in buying Warner Bros. Games. It means that many recognized IPs may be acquired by the company (including e.g. the Mortal Kombat series).
video games
Karol Laska
August 1, 2020
EA or Microsoft May Buy WB Games, Publisher of LEGO and Batman Arkham
According to rumors, the publisher WB Games may soon change ownership. Among the companies interested in the purchase are Microsoft, Activision, EA and Take-Two Interactive.
video games
Adrian Werner
July 7, 2020
Sony Wants to Acquire Devs of Warframe and Gears Tactics
Sony is considering acquisition of the Hong Kong-based Leyou Technologies, which includes Digital Extremes (creators of Warframe) and Splash Damage (co-creators of Gears Tactics).
video games
July 4, 2020
Bloober Team Might Get Aquired by Another Company
Bloober Team is putting itself on sale. The Polish studio has prepared the so-called „short list” of entities which are to constitute an advisory body during a potential merger or acquisition process. So far, it is not known which companies are interested in the team.
video games
Milosz Szubert
June 23, 2020
Facebook Acquires Creators of The Order: 1886
Facebook bought the development studio Ready At Dawn, known for its action adventure game The Order: 1886 and the VR successful title Lone Echo.
video games
Bart Swiatek
June 23, 2020
WB Interactive Put Up for Sale; Possible Buyers Include Take-Two and EA
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment may soon find itself in the hands of a new owner. According to CNBC, AT&T, which owns the company, plans to sell it for 4 billion dollars. Among potential buyers we have Take-Two, Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard.
video games
Agnes Adamus
June 13, 2020
Devs of DayZ and Arma 3 Acquired by Tencent [Updated: Bohemia Denies]
According to The Information, the Chinese company Tencent spent $260 million to buy a majority stake in Bohemia Interactive. Thus, the creators of DayZ or the Arma series joined such companies as Epic Games or Supercell.
video games
Milosz Szubert
June 3, 2020
We Know How Much Sony Paid for Marvel's Spider-Man Devs
Certain documents surfaced on the web, thanks to which we learned that Sony paid 229 million dollars for the acquisition of Insomniac Games, the studio known for the Ratchet & Clank series and Marvel's Spider-Man, among others.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 11, 2020
Dauntless Devs Bought out by Garena
Garena has acquired Phoenix Labs, the developers of the well-received action RPG Dauntless. The entities intend to jointly develop the said title, as well as further projects.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 29, 2020
Tencent Plans to Take Over the Creators of Conan Exiles
Chinese Tencent wants to buy out all shares of Norwegian developer Funcom. Creators of games such as Conan Exiles and Anarchy Online have nothing against that ideas. Now everything depends on the other shareholders.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
January 22, 2020
Little Nightmares Devs Bought by Owner of THQ Nordic and Koch Media
Swedish team at Tarsier Studios, responsible for Little Nightmares, was acquired by Koch Media and THQ Nordic's parent company, Embracer Group. However, before the studio starts developing games for the new publisher, it has to fulfill the contract with Bandai Namco.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
December 21, 2019
Rune 2 Affair - Lawsuit for Abandonment of the Game
Human Head Studio was closed the day after the release of Rune II and immediately became part of Bethesda. However, this did not protect the team against a lawsuit. The publisher Ragnarok Game demands rights to the game and a hefty compensation.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
December 5, 2019
Codemasters Bought the Devs of Project CARS
Codemasters has announced that it has purchased the Slightly Mad Studios team, the devs of the Project CARS series. The result of this undertaking is to be the creation of a „global leader in the genre of racing games”.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
November 28, 2019
Sniper Elite Devs Buy The Bitmap Brothers Along With Their IPs
Rebellion has taken over The Bitmap Brothers and its entire portfolio. The devs of the Sniper Elite series announce that they will port their older games to new platforms and develop new titles based on freshly acquired, classic IPs.
video games
Agnes Adamus
November 25, 2019
Yesterday, Human Head Studios Released Rune II, Today it was Absorbed by Bethesda
Today, the American studio Human Head closed its operations after 22 years of existence on the gaming market. However, all the employees quickly found employment in the newly formed Roundhouse Studios team opened by Bethesda.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
November 13, 2019
Google Buys Fitbit for Over $2 Billion
Google has announced its intention to acquire Fitbit, a company specializing in the production of fitness trackers and smartwatches.
hardware & software
Adrian Werner
November 4, 2019
Sony Interactive Entertainment Buys Insomniac Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it has become the owner of the award-winning studio - Insomniac Games, responsible for hits such as Marvel's Spider-Man and the Ratchet & Clank and Spyro series. The acquisition of the team is the crowning achievement of over twenty years of cooperation between the two companies.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
August 19, 2019
THQ Nordic Bought Devlopers of Darksiders 3
THQ Nordic has gone shopping mad again. The publisher took over Darksiders 3 devs, Gunfire Games, and Milestone, team known from MotoGP, MXGP and RIDE racing game series.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 14, 2019
Double Fine As Part Of Xbox Game Studios; Psychonauts 2 With A New Trailer
At Microsoft's E3 2019 conference, Double Fine Productions has announced that it joins Xbox Game Studios. On this occasion, a new trailer for Psychonauts 2 was presented.
video games
Milosz Szubert
June 9, 2019